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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 781 EAN: 9781576874721 ISBN: 1576874729 Label: MTV Press Manufacturer: MTV Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 224 Publication Date: October 28, 2008 Publisher: MTV Press Studio: MTV Press Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: "Each scene was a reflection of its time and place. It was organic to each city." (Dave Smalley, DYS, Dag Nasty, All, Down By Law) Hardcore music emerged just after the first wave of punk rock in the late 1970s. American punk kids who loved the speed and attitude of punk took hold of its spirit, got rid of the "live fast, die young" mindset, and made a brilliant revision: hardcore. The dividing line between punk and hardcore music was in the delivery: less pretense, less melody, and more aggression. This urgency seeped its way from the music into the look of hardcore. There wasn’t time to mold your liberty spikes or shine your Docs; it was jeans and T-shirts, Chuck Taylors and Vans. The skull and safety-pin punk costume was replaced by high-tops and hooded sweatshirts. The Jamie Reid ransom note record cover aesthetic gave way to black and white photographs of packed shows accompanied by bold and simple typography, declaring The Kids Will Have Their Say or You’re Only Young Once. This new come-as-you-are attitude attracted skateboarders, surfers, BMX’rs, metalheads, and graffiti writers, with each group adding their diverse influences to the scene. This cross-pollination helped to create an eclectic cross section of bands like Bad Brains, Negative Approach, SSD, Big Boys, and 7 Seconds.Radio Silence documents the ignored space between the Ramones and Nirvana through the words and images of the pre-internet era when this community built on do-it-yourself ethics thrived. Without funding, distribution, or exposure, the scene had to be self-sufficient in order to grow. Everyone involved from bands to fans took it upon themselves to book shows, photograph bands, broadcast pirate radio shows, start record labels, design album covers, publish fanzines, or just offer a place for a band to crash. Authors Nathan Nedorostek and Anthony Pappalardo have cataloged private collections of photographs, personal letters, artwork, and various ephemera from the hardcore scene circa 1978-1993. Unseen images accompany to handmade T-shirts and original artwork brought to life by the words of their creators and fans. Radio Silence includes over 500 images of rare records, T-shirts, fanzines, photographs, and illustrations presented in a manner that abandons the aesthetic clichés normally used to depict the genre and lets the subject matter speak for itself. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Hardcore visuals gets grerat treatmentRadio Silence is a real keeper. With the rash of books hitting the shelves these days to document the punk hardcore scene(s), the truth is that almost all of them reflect the rag-tag and aspirational style of the scene without really forming a true, cohesive assembly of thought or theory. And the web just helps fuel this patchwork collection of history. But Radio Silence doesn't try to be more than what it is- a collection of great visuals spanning a wide range of hardcore's ... Read More Rating:  - They're not kidding when they say "selected"For example, there's a lot of talk about how DOA and Black Flag basically created the alternative touring circuit in 1978-80, but there isn't one photo of DOA. They found room for photos of Drive Like Jehu and Quicksand, though. Lots of Dischord, lots of late 80s-early 90s Youth Crew, SxE and "post hardcore", and some New York and Boston. There's also a couple courtesy photos of early Black Flag, Circle Jerks, DKs and Crucifix. Sorry, but bands like Nation of Ulysses and Swiz telling you they're "jazz" ... Read More Rating: - Part "Banned in DC" part "My Rules"This book combines the oral story telling of "Banned.." with the visual impact of "My Rules". Like the title says it is a Selected history and the writers have chosen to keep the scope of the book to east coast and socal bands of the late 80s to early 90s with particular interest paid to edge bands. To truly appreciate this book it would help to come from a record collector's background--but if you really want to have a feel for a bye-gone era absolutely pick this up---also see how many of the records from ... Read More Rating: - Everything you need to know about early hardcore music...including pictures!!!If you're into hardcore music, this is the book for you. You can almost hear music coming from the pages. So many great photos, interesting stories and interviews. Makes a perfect gift too. Large size is nice...almost coffee table sized. Love it...I bought 3...after I got my first copy. Rating: - Don't Sleep On This!For the masses who felt slighted by Stephen Blush's American Hardcore, Radio Silence is the cure. The book's success lies not in achieving what it has set out to do, but in the fact that it never claims to set out to do anything at all but take snapshots of various facets of the US hardcore scene from the early 80's through the early 90's. By no means is Radio Silence a history book on hardcore, but every page has a history lesson that comes across as much more valuable than Blush's broad sweep of hardcore's ... Read More 
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